Toy gun



G. BOGGIO July 7, 1925.

TOY GUN Filed Jan. 26, 1925 IN1/avro@ 6mm 5066/0 fzm, fo/mfr Patented July 7, 1925.

@UNITED STATES 1,545,120 PATENT leinen:E.

- .aUIs'ro -BQGGIQ :or noYALToN, ILLINOIS;

'roy GUN.

'Application -filed January "T0 all 5to-7mm# may concern.:

lBe it known that IyGoIsro iBocGIo, asubject of theKing of Italy, and resident of the city of iRovalton, county of Fr-ankli-n,

and :State of Illinois, lhave in-vented `certain Ynew antluseful Improvements #in Toy Guns,

`with afi-gurewhich is designed to fbe .projected .forward upon iiringthe -gun and to return into `position when the rgun is again cocked.

A further object is tooonstruct va toy gun' in `which a iigurepmounted at 4.the muzzle is designedto be projected forward a certain distance and during said projection make several revolutions and finally when coming to rest adapted to hang up-side down.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my device;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal fragmental section of the gun showing the various operative parts; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the forward part of the figure support.

In the construction of my device I employ a gun provided with a barrel t, a stock 5, and a trigger 6. Located within the barrel is a spring 7, its rear end abutting a stop 8. The forward end abuts a disk 9 which Vis slidably mounted in the barrel 4i. Secured to the disk and extending through the spring is a bar 10 which is provided at its rear end with a hook 11; the hook 11 is adapted to engage with a notch 12 carried by the trigger 6. The trigger is pivotally mounted at the point indicated b-y the numeral 13 and is normally held in forward position by means of a spring 14. In order to prevent the trigger from entering too far, it is provided with a projection 15 which contacts with the forward portion of the slot 16 through which the trigger projects The stock 5 is pivotally mounted to the barrel at the point indicated by the numeral 17 and has passing through it adjacent its upper forward end a pin 18. Pivotally mounted on the pin 1S is a wire loopl 19 which is adapted to engage with the hook 11 as will be hereafter described. Secured in 25, 1925. Serial No. 4,748.

trated in Iig. 2 and has secured to its rear*- `end a. dis'k2'8. rlfhe forwardiend ofthe support is looped over as indicated by vthe numeral 2i which :forms Ya socket for the reception of arigure 25. This figure can be .of any .desired shape, preferablyrheingeither a bird, or a rabbit,.or .a squirrel. f

Located fbetween the .disks v20 and and surrounding the strip 22 isa coil spring v2.6,

Lthe `purpose of Vwhich is 'to .draw the 'strip backward when the gun 4is cocked.

The loop .124 :be made resilicntso as i to .permit y.the figure 125 :to be held wherein :by `friction .or `the 4figure 4may ,be SeCllgled -therein'hy any well knownfastnngrmckll The operation of my device is as follows In order to cock the gun the stock 5 is bent downward, this permits it to pivot at the point 17 and cause the loop 19 to engage with the hook 11 and draw the bar 10 backward thus compressing the spring 7. When the gun is cocked the hook 11 rests in the notch 12 as indicated in Fig. 2. During this time the spring 26 has expanded and drawn the twisted or spiral strip 22 backward causing the ligure 25 to assume the position shown in Fig. 1. Upon pulling back on the trigger 6 the hook l1 is released; this permits the spring 7 to expand and being a much heavier spring than the spring 26 will force the disk 23 forward. The forcing of this disk forward causes the strip 22 to travel through the slot 21 thus imparting a rotary motion to the strip, which in turn is imparted to the flgure causing it to make one or more sidewise revolutions.

The twisting of the strip is so arranged that the figure will stand upright when the gun is cocked and when discharged will hang head down. Immediately upon cocking the gun the gure will again assume the position shown 1n Fig. 1.

This hanging down of the figure after the gun has been discharged is accomplished by making the twisted strip in two pieces and pivoting the same at the point indicated by the numeral 27; thus when this strip is projected forward from the muzzle, the strip can bend at this point and hang down below the muzzle of .the gunV thus givingv the figurev the appearance of dropping after being shot. l Having fully described my invention, whatIclaim isz c l. A device of the class described comprising a gun having a trigger, a figure,l a support formed of two memberspivotally connected together for said ignreextending into said gun, means located in said gun and operable by said trigger for moving said figure and support forward a predetermined distance whereby said figure and the forward end of said support hang below the gun, and means for returning said support and figure to their original position when said gun is cocked.

f 2. A device of the class described comprising the combination with a toy gun having a cooking and discharging means, of a spiral supportlocated within the barrel of said gun and extending beyond the muzzle of said gun, said support adapted to be projected from said muzzle a predetermined distance, means located within the muzzle of said gun and engaging with said support for yrotating the same during its projection, a figure secured to said support outside of and adjacent 'the muzzle of said gun, and means for returning said support and figure to their original position s1multaneously with the cocking of said gun.

3. A device of the class described comprising a gun having a barrel and a stock, a slotted disk secured ln the muzzle of said barrel, a spiral supporting strip extending through said disk, means carried by said strip and located `within said barrel for limiting the forward movement of said strip, a spring located Within said barrel,

vmeans for contracting said spring, means yfor holding said spring 1n contracted position, means for releasing said spring, and means located adjacent the forward end of lsaid spring and adapted to contact with the spiral strip for moving the same forward, whereby said spiral strip is given a longitudinal yrotary movement.

4. The device of claim 3 in which the GUISTO BOGGIO. 

